Automatic repairs with Inspector

- Let's take a look at how to use the Inspector tool…to make automatic repairs in our mesh.…In the sidebar, click on Analysis,…and then the Inspector tool.…The Inspector points out all the problems…with our mesh, and we have a few.…Loose faces, small holes, all things that…make our model not watertight.…It's pretty easy to fix these in MeshMixer.…We can either go to one of these spheres and double-click…on it to automatically repair each one,…but since we have a lot, let's choose the Auto-Repair All.…

And then we'll choose Done.…What that did is it cleared up most of those…loose faces on the inside, and any problems…that would have affected printability,…and our model looks pretty good!…We're done using the Inspector,…so let's move on to the next step.…

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12/2/2014

New consumer-grade 3D sensors in products like the Microsoft Kinect make scanning people easy! And with 3D printers, you can turn those scans into "Mini-Mes" that can be used as cake toppers, game tokens, or action figures. In this course, Kacie Hultgren will guide you through the process of creating a "3D selfie" that's ready for printing. Kacie uses the free software Meshmixer to repair and enhance the scan, before printing it with a MakerBot. Don't own a 3D printer? Kacie also shows how to export your model and send it to Shapeways, where you can order a 3D print.